Improvement in jelly-jars



w. 0. KING. .le Ily-J'ars.

N0. 138,502. Paten ted May 6,4873.

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IMPROVEMENT IN JELLY-JARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,502, dated May 6, 1873; application filed March 5, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM (3. KING, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Jelly- Glass; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference mark ed thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in jelly-glasses, and consists, first, in providing the glass with a recess or groove in its outer wall, near its upper edge or mouth; and, second, in providing the glass with a pressedglass cover; and, third, in the combination of the glass A, elastic ring, and cover.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to deglass are so constructed and arranged with relation to each other that dust and other impurities are excluded'from the contents of the jelly-glass, and, at the same time, allowing the lid D. to be removed and replaced with facility.

I am aware that gum rings have been used in combination with the lid of a fruit-jar for hermetically sealing it; but my improvement, in contradistinction to such device, consists in so constructing a jelly glass as to exclude dust, &e., from the contents of the glass without hermetically sealingthe advantage of which consists in enabling the housewife to close up the jelly-glass for the purpose of preserving the jelly placed in it, and, also, to remove the cover when desired with ease.

Having thus described the nature, con struction, and operation of my improvement, what I claim as of my invention, is-

1. A new article of manufacture-viz., the jellyglass A,provided with a V-shaped groove near its upper edge, substantially as herein described and forthe purpose set forth.

2. The jelly-glass A in combination with the lozenge-shaped ring 0 (when viewed in crosssection) and the lid D, substantially as herein described and for the purpose set forth.

WM. 0. KING. Witnesses:

A. B. HAY, JAMES J. J OHNSTON. 

